Welcome to the first installment of Great Reads, a weekly post in which you’ll find links to articles, videos, books, blogs, and other resources that are worth a read.
Here’s the important part: I need your help.
Many of you spend time building conversations and finding remarkable content online and offline. What’s more, many of you spend time creating that remarkable content. I think we could all benefit from sharing our discoveries and expertise with each other. Starting this week, I ask each of you to send in a few article/video/resource recommendations each week to share with our growing community. I’ll pick the best submissions each week and link to them in a Great Reads post every Saturday.
Feel free to recommend your own content – I’m always happy to help you guys promote your great work! Submissions can be funny, thought-provoking, controversial, inspiring, new or old. The only criteria: it must be useful to the community in some way.
Please don’t be offended if your submission isn’t included right away; I want to keep this segment concise and helpful, so I can’t post everything every week.
To participate, send your recommendations to jeffrey f tang <at> g mail <dot> com (without the spaces; trying to thwart the spam-bots). Make sure you put “Great Reads” in the subject line of your email so that I don’t miss it! If I include your submission, I want to credit you for the recommendation; if you have a website or blog you’d like me to link to, mention it in your email.
Looking forward to exploring together!
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And now, without further ado, here’s the first (small) installment of Great Reads:
- The Ultimate Personal Growth Guide: 100 Best Posts – an incredibly comprehensive collection of personal growth resources from around the web. Topics include: productivity, creativity, minimalism, leadership, and more. Written and submitted by Mary Jaksch of Goodlife Zen.
- How to Be Impressive Without an Impressive Amount of Work – a longish post about why we find some accomplishments awe-inspiring and other accomplishments yawn-worthy. Hint: it’s not always about the amount of time and effort involved. Written by Cal Newport of Study Hacks.
- Blame it on the Brain – The Science of Failed Resolutions – an article from the Wall Street Journal discussing the impact of brain biology on keeping those New Year’s Resolutions. Raises some questions about the nature of willpower and how we use it. Written by Jonah Lehrer.
- How to be Indispensable – how do you stand out in a crowd of co-workers? Why it’s not enough to be good at your job. Written by Jonathan Fields of Awake @ The Wheel.
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Cool idea! I'll be sure to send you some recommendations.
I love this idea. I'm following Dragos Roua and he had a very good read this week that might be of interest to the audience: http://www.dragosroua.com/how-to-quit-being-a-q...
No one whats to be a quitter, especially at the start of a new year. :)